Isabela Merced

The Last of Us was a massive hit on HBO, and with its success, the network was quick to renew the series for a second season early into the first season. However, if you’re eager to get into the next season, you’ll be left waiting a good while. We already know that the second season is not set to air until next year after the Hollywood strikes caused production delays across the board. But today, we learned that the second season has already begun filming. 

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HBO created a lot more The Last of Us fans with its super successful TV adaptation. The first season launched last year, finding a huge audience and critical acclaim, and the second series is now in production, heading to screens in 2025. Now, the company has provided our very first look at official shots from the anticipated new season:

HBO has released the first official images from the second season of The Last of Us.

PlayStation Plus subscribers can prepare themselves for ' second season with the subscription's latest free trial. As well as offering a roster of several full games to download and stream from across several PlayStation consoles' libraries, the Premium tier of PlayStation Plus also grants access to 2-hour long timed trials of some newer AAA offerings, such as,, and more and players can carry over their progress — including trophies — to the main game if they choose to purchase it afterward.

The first official look at in the suit for the upcoming DCU movie has been revealed.

Another new image has made its way online, showing off an even more gruesome look at the Xenomorph threat that will appear in the film.

Greetings, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

At the height of John Green’s popularity, most people knew the YA author for a very specific genre: sad teen books, usually about shy-yet-pretentious boys in love with spirited yet emotionally available girls. That was always a derogatory oversimplification of Green’s novels, which often deconstruct common YA tropes more than they give into them. But years of warped online perspectives on Green’s work, heightened by aesthetic Tumblr posts and Pinterest mood boards, meant that when the 2014 movie adaptation of Green’s tragic teen romance The Fault in Our Stars came out, the were calcified, preconceived notions of what a John Green Book™ was. (Never mind thatThe Fault in Our Stars flipped the gender roles, with a reserved girl and a vivacious boy.)

A new image has been revealed for , and it’s terrifying.

Just a day after Jonathan Kent was cast for the upcoming DC Studios movie, the actress who will be playing Martha Kent has also been revealed.

James Gunn’s upcoming movie has officially found its Pa Kent.

The DCU's upcoming Superman movie has got a new logo – and while it's not been officially rolled out online yet, it was seen by CinemaCon attendees during the movie's presentation.

James Gunn, the director behind Superman, has taken to social media to address the rumors surrounding the movie's villain and provide fans with an update on the production's progress.

DC Studios co-CEO and Superman director has confirmed who the villain of the upcoming DC Universe movie is and has provided a bit of a progress update.

Alien: Romulus is set to bring us face-to-face(hugger) with the xenomorph when it hits the big screen this summer, with Priscilla's Cailee Spaeny taking on the lead role as new character Raines. Set between 1979's Alien and 1986's Aliens, the new movie is a loving homage to the two. 

The first has been released, giving fans a long-awaited first look at the next entry in the iconic horror franchise.

Not long ago, Madame Web and Anyone but You star Sydney Sweeney revealed in an IGN interview that, like many of us, she grew up playing a Simpsons video game - but she didn't reveal which one it was.

While Superman Isabela Merced's Hawkgirl helmet hasn’t officially been revealed yet, one fan online has taken matters into their own hands with fan art of what the character's iconic headgear could look like in the upcoming film.

A new has been revealed, giving fans a look at the DC Studios movie’s set in Norway.

Superman is going global. James Gunn’s 2025 movie, starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, is currently filming in Norway – and it’s already led to the confirmation of a returning iconic location.

Another frequent member of Superman’s supporting cast,, has been cast in James Gunn‘s upcoming DC Studios movie.

Four new cast members have been announced for The Last of Us Season 2.

Superman director has dispelled a rumor involving the budget of the upcoming DC Universe superhero movie.

has grown quite a bit this morning, as four more stars have signed on to the HBO television adaptation of the critically acclaimed video game series.

James Gunn has celebrated Superman’s birthday in fine style. First, the director unveiled the first sneak peek of David Corenswet’s new suit before revealing that the Superman: Legacy title is no more.

director James Gunn has given fans a peek at the film’s suit and revealed that the DC Studios movie has a new title.

Superman: Legacy star has revealed her thoughts on the new Superman suit that David Corenswet will be wearing in the DC Studios movie.

Filming on The Last of Us season 2 is currently underway, and series star Pedro Pascal has an update on how things are going.

Superman: Legacy hasn’t started filming yet, but preparations are well underway. Not only did the cast recently unite for a table read, but it seems that the Superman suit has also been revealed, and left those involved "blown away".

A talented The Last of Us player has shared some interesting fan art that imagines what a Victorian-era Clicker would look like. Clickers are one of the most dangerous enemy types in The Last of Us, and this artwork immortalizes them in a much more peaceful way.

The has been unveiled, and it seems the DC Universe movie is set to start shooting very soon.

director James Gunn has posted a behind-the-scenes photo following a table read of the DC Universe movie’s script.

Madame Web’s poor initial performance at the box office suggests that few people want to see it in a theater, let alone talk about it sight unseen. But there’s one aspect of it we should talk about anyway, because it’s so wild. Madame Web is a rarity in modern superhero cinema: a movie your friends might think you were making up if you described it to them without embellishment. Ironically, this makes it entirely faithful to the era of comic books it’s adapting. Not only does the comic book version of protagonist Cassandra Webb have a suite of powers and stories behind her that’s so confounding, I cannot fathom how anyone thought they’d make for a coherent movie, it also features a trio of other Spider-Women with origins that beggar belief.

The logo for Superman: Legacy has been revealed thanks to a table read, and it has an intriguing comics connection. 

It’s not very often that a superhero movie is so bad that you agree with all those villains who want superheroes to cease to exist.

Following the theatrical release of, Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney took to Instagram to share several set photos from the production of Sony Pictures’ newest Spider-Man spin-off.

Sony’s newest Marvel movie is about a spider-themed hero, but without the web-slinging or super-strength. Madame Webfollows Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), an ordinary New York City paramedic who learns she has precognitive powers after a near-death experience. After being struck with visions of a mysterious man attacking three teenage girls, Cassandra attempts to help them and also unravel her own mysterious past.

The first reactions to Madame Web are in – and they're not all that positive. 

Fede Álvarez’s Alien film gets the official title of six months before the Xenomorph movie hit theaters.

Madame Web star Dakota Johnson has opened up on her experience filming the Sony Marvel movie, and it sounds like it was unlike anything she'd shot before. 

Superman: Legacy director has spoken further about the storyboarding process for the DC Studios movie.

The Last of Us was such a massive hit on HBO. Naughty Dog created a truly cinematic gameplay experience that translated well into a series adaptation. This live-action series was released and gained a following immediately, prompting HBO to order a second season. However, the second season has not had the smoothest start. You can blame the delay in this production on the strikes in Hollywood. But now that the strikes have ended, productions have once again started back up with The Last of Us season two, which is expected to begin filming shortly.

The Last Of Us Season 2 is set to begin filming over the next few days, and in preparation, the entire cast of the show and the show's production crew all recently met up in Canada. It seems as though to potentially celebrate the start of filming and to properly introduce the new faces playing characters such as Dina and Jesse, the crew went out to dinner, and took a lovely group picture to bookmark the occasion.

Four new directors are set to helm The Last of Us season 2 – and we're so excited.

While not a ton is known about the story of the upcoming , director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn did reveal that worries about public domain won’t have any impact on it.

The Madame Web runtime has been revealed, and it's set to be the longest live-action Sony Marvel movie yet. 

gave out some details about what sort of character Lois Lane will be in the upcoming DC Universe movie.

No, sorry, there won't be a Bill and Frank TV spin-off for The Last of Us after all. Series co-creator Craig Mazin has said the crew is happy with what it accomplished with those characters in the first season, and as such «there won't be more Bill and Frank».

The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin has confirmed that no Bill and Frank spin-off is on the way. Rumors of a prequel series featuring the beloved characters began circling when Nick Offerman made some interesting comments at the Creative Emmys.

A cursory search through YouTube shows hundreds, if not thousands of videos that tie all of The Last of Us’ cutscenes together so viewers can watch them like a movie. Count The Last of Us Season 2's Young Mazino as one of those viewers.

The Last of Us season 2 cast added Isabela Merced as Ellie's love interest Dina, and viewers can already get a glimpse at the onscreen pair through a fan's artistic vision.

The recent flurry of casting announcements for major characters in season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us are continuing. Following announcements of Kaitlyn Dever being cast as Abby and Young Mazino being cast as Jesse, HBO has now announced that The Last of Us has also found its Dina in Isabela Merced.

The Last of Us season 2 news has been flooding in over the past few days, with Dina being the latest character cast. We now know the pivotal character will be played by Madame Web star Isabela Merced in the HBO show, and her co-star Bella Ramsey had a touching reaction to the news.

Update, 1/11/2024:

Another lead in The Last of Us Part II has been cast for its TV adaptation. The second season of HBO’s The Last of Us has found its Dina in Instant Family’s Isabela Merced.

Actress Isabela Merced will play Dina in The Last of Us Season 2.

It’s been a big week for, as yet another character — Dina — has been cast for the next season of the HBO video game adaptation.

Madame Web, Sony's next addition to its Spider-Man universe, is fast approaching but we've seen fairly little of the movie so far, including lead Dakota Johnson's super suit.  Until now, that is. 

Fair Play star was one of a handful of actresses to make it into the final rounds to be Lois Lane in the 2025 film . While she didn’t get the role, Dynevor said she had a great time in the process.

director James Gunn has given fans an update on the DC Universe movie’s casting and preproduction.

DC Studios co-CEO and director of James Gunn has updated fans on when they’ll be seeing the official Superman suit, and it won’t be any time before the movie begins filming.

James Gunn has officially revealed the production start date, confirming that filming on the highly anticipated movie will begin next year.

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has confirmed whether or not the costumes of the in the new DC Universe will be CGI.

Jason Momoa has addressed his Aquaman future – and it's a bleak outlook. 

James Gunn has taken to Threads to deny that Pom Klementieff will appear in Superman: Legacy. “Despite Pom being one of my favorite actors to work with, this is 100% not true. Not only is Pom not in the movie, but no one has ever even discussed her being in the movie, nor do I have any idea what role she would possibly play,” he wrote.

Superman: Legacy director James Gunn has spoken about and how the character will be unforgettable.

director James Gunn has revealed that the script for the upcoming Superman movie is “essentially done” and has been for a while.

Hype for Fede Alvarez's Alien movie is pretty colossal with Ridley Scott already giving it high praise. Now, we finally know when it sits on the franchise’s timeline, and it’s got us speculating what this might mean for the plot of Alien: Romulus. 

has grown a bit bigger, as the roles of Jimmy Olsen and Eve Teschmacher have been cast for the DC Studios movie. The film is set to release on July 11, 2025.

Nicholas Hoult has reportedly been cast as Lex Luthor in James Gunn's upcoming DC movie Superman Legacy.

James Gunn has debunked a theory about Superman: Legacy's storyline – and the director's upcoming movie won't involve any Middle Eastern conflict. 

Sony Pictures has released the first Madame Web trailer for its upcoming Spider-Man spin-off movie set in its Spider-Man universe.

director Fede Álvarez has shown a cut of the movie to, and he seems pretty happy with it. Going so far as to say ”It’s f—ing great”.

Director Fede Álvarez shared some of the essential research materials he used in the making of the much-anticipated movie .

is set to star in the upcoming Sony Pictures film , a role that excited Sweeney so much she ran out to the comic store immediately after getting it.

The for Sony‘s Dakota Johnson-led Marvel movie has been moved up slightly on the release calendar.

The End of the F*cking World's Alex Lawther is gearing up to take on a Xenomorph or two, having nabbed the lead role in FX's upcoming Alien TV series – and he won't be doing it alone. The Black Mirror star will be joined on screen by Samuel Blenkin, who recently appeared in the fifth season of Charlie Brooker's aforementioned sci-fi series.